Bitumen
Bitumen is a black, oily, viscous material that is a naturally-occurring organic byproduct of decomposed organic materials.
Bitumen is a black, oily, viscous material that is a naturally-occurring organic byproduct of decomposed organic materials.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1718 | (none) | (none) | B15610 | Fragment of shaft (top only) of bitumen paste(?); round at top, hexagonally grooved below. [drawing 2:5] |
| 2850A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen balls. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2850B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen balls. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3120 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small pot of bitumen. Sketch pattern 1:1. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3125 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold bead. With bitumen core blocking one hole. One end bent in. Spherical bead. In text: Neo-Babylonian period (7) in Cat. |
| 3239 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen fragment covered with blue coloring matter. Color doubtfully from lapis lazuli powder more probably copper. |
| 6578 | (none) | (none) | (none) | HEAD. STONE. - limestone, grey. Fragmentary. Traces of bitumen remain in the eye socket. Sumerian type, bald; rounded cheeks, heavy ears, well defined eye socket, eyeball protruding, bridge of nose heavy, distinct hollow running down from lower portion of nose to mouth following contour of cheek. Rounded chin. Right half of head missing, right eye, nose and mouth badly mutilated. |
| 8578 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone saw. Red chert. Set in bitumen. [drawing] |
| 8783 | (none) | (none) | B17463 | Bradawl. Bitumen handle, copper borer, tip of bore missing. [drawing] | |
| 8787 | (none) | (none) | (none) | FAIENCE MASK Portion of neck missing. Each ear perforated three times. Two rows of holes partially perforated through neck. Hole partially perforated through middle of mask from the back. Fine bold modelling. Holes in neck inlaid with bitumen? Vol VII. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8846 | (none) | (none) | B17314 | BITUMEN BELLUM | |
| 8847 | (none) | (none) | B17313 | Bitumen bellum | |
| 8848 | (none) | (none) | B17315 | Bitumen bellum. | |
| 8849 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bitumen bellum. |
| 9124A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Beads 2 Long facetted conoids. One Lapis, 1- silver over a bitumen core. [drawing] [C] Also, a silver earring [drawing] |
| 9255 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ostrich egg Broken and part missing. Decorated at one end with tesselated triangles of white shell alternated by triangles and diamonds of bitumen. There are 5 rows of triangles and above strips of shell 0015 wide and 002 high. |
| 10006 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Double conoids of gold and lapis The larger gold beads are of foil over bitumen, the smaller more solid: the largest are unusually large, both in gold and lapis |
| 10090 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Large lentoids, 2 lapis, 1 silver, 2 bitumen(broken) NB the carnelian rings probably went between the large beads |
| 10330B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Necklace Gold double conoids on a bitumen core Lapis lazuli double conoids. 3 strings: each string has 3 double conoid gold and 6 double conoid lapis |
| 10331A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold earrings Lunate large type with bitumen cores- double pendants |
| 10349A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold Ear Rings Large lunate double pendants hollowed to receive bitumen. Type common to PGs 801-813 |
| 10367 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal Shell. White. Inscribed. 2 heroes each grasping a rampant bull by the tail and forcing the head back by the horns. Each hero clothed in short (sheep-skin?) skirt coming down to the knees: shirt has tasselled ends. Each hero is bearded and the hair at the back of the head is done up into a short upturned curl. Seal has copper caps set in bitumen. Caps broken and decayed. Par t of subject obliterated. A - DEN-ZU-dim Ka-su-du - A-ENZU-dim, libationer: (suggested by Dr. Rarn): A- DEN-ZU-sim - son created by EN-ZU (analogy with A-anni-padda). |
| 10390A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Pin. Rounded in section. Copper ball head on bitumen core. Adhering to the pin a [B] Cylinder Seal of shell. The stem of the pin is perforated and has a small copper ring attached to it. Originally the seal was probably suspended by a string attached to the ring on the copper pin; the string decayed and the seal became corroded onto the pin. Type V. Figs. obliterated: probably 2 heroes fighting 2 rampant beasts. The copper set in bitumen was probably really the cap of the seal; the cap fell off onto the pin which has an elongated knob head. |
| 10556A | (none) | (none) | B17694B | [A] Bull's head. Gold, with lapis hair between the horns and a lapis beard set in silver; the gold horns are tipped with lapis. [B]The body was of wood (see Field Notes) and down the front are [C] shell plaques with engraved mythological scenes | |
| 10590 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Reins of second bullock waggon Consisting of very large lentoid beads in silver over bitumen and some smaller facetted lentoids of lapis lazuli |